By Homer H.B. No. 2246
76R2428 MLS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the
1-3 8th Judicial District and the county attorney of Rains County.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 43.104, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 43.104. 8TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. [(a)] The voters of
1-8 Delta, Franklin, and Hopkins counties elect a district attorney for
1-9 the 8th Judicial District who represents the state in that
1-10 district only in those counties [elect a district attorney].
1-11 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
1-12 amended by adding Section 45.290 to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 45.290. RAINS COUNTY. (a) In Rains County, the county
1-14 attorney of Rains County shall perform the duties imposed on and
1-15 have the powers conferred on district attorneys by general law.
1-16 (b) The county attorney of Rains County is entitled to be
1-17 compensated by the state in the manner and amount set by general
1-18 law relating to the salary paid to district attorneys by the state.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.